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White Privilege, explained in succinct form with easy to understand words.
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Elizabeth Moon discusses failure analysis as it relates to the first U.S. Ebola patient diagnosed in Texas.
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The truth about women in technology (specifically computer science), including a shout out to my personal hero, Rear Admiral "Amazing" Grace Hopper. Hint: The lack of women programmers today is not because "math is hard." It's because when programming became an important and valued skill as a result of RADM Hopper's work, the men pushed out the women pioneers in favor of themselves. Yes, that is as douchey as it sounds.
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Jessica's Feminized Atmosphere addresses cat calls and how women should be FLATTERED BY THE ATTENTION, YOU UPTIGHT BITCH. My favorite solution: Act like a complete psycho by prancing down the street bellowing "It's a Grand Old Flag." Much more effective than "bitch face."
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Video of the Week: Cyndi Lauper and Sara Bareilles team up with Hoda Kotb to produce a fund-raising video for pediatric cancer. Awesome. Also? Cyndi Lauper looks pretty amazing.

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* Of all the regrets I have about my parenting of Moe, my reaction to and
support of her sexual identity is not one of them. She was my baby girl,
no matter what, and I would have stormed the gates of Hell to defend her right to be uniquely "Moe." And she knew it.

Just because I can't stand knowing that there's a mistake on the internets, I'll mention that the article about Women Programmers is incorrect in stating that "Babbage's machine was never built." In fact he built a machine and one was built recently.

My experience after consulting in IT for mostly Fortune 100 companies over the last 25 years is that there are almost no female programmers. Maybe 10% in systems & networks, 30% as Project Managers, 50% Data Analysts, 60% Business Analysts, 80% Quality Assurance (the lowest paying area), almost no Enterprise Architects, 10% Solution Architects.

Perhaps there are better sources of data than my limited experience, but I'd bet the numbers are pretty close.

I don't know if your numbers are correct, or not. I'm a Solutions Architect, and the only woman on a team of 18. That ratio has steadily decreased in the last 15 years, as my skills have improved and I'm in a position to command a higher salary. Being the token chick really blows.

And at least in my specific area of expertise (contact center), project managers are not typically considered engineering resources.

About Me

I am a Hot Chick living in Castle Rock, CO with my fabulous family. We have a rescue dog named "Jackson," and she's a Basenji/Shepherd mix. She's something of a head case, but we love her. I'm a U.S. Navy vet, and I currently work as an Enterprise Solutions Architect, specializing in VoIP and multimedia contact center design. I'm a Trustee for my local library, because LIBRARIES. I care about science, the U.S. Constitution and the military. I'm a tax and spend liberal in a largely red county, but I try not to be stabby about it. I like to color, I aspire to run faster than I do, and I donate knitted cold weather gear to various charities. Stupidity, cupidity and wanton assholery piss me off, and I'm more than a little soft when it comes to dogs and those who serve others. I blog about whatever I feel like. I use foul language, so if that sort of thing offends you, feel free to fuck off now - if I'm unwilling to clean up my language for my fabulous Great Auntie Margie, I'm unlikely to do so for you. Newcomers are welcome here, especially those who disagree with me, but trolling and spamming will be met with the Shovel of Doom™.